Post #805068 by MrBaliHai on Sun, Aug 14, 2022 7:52 AM

It's obvious that there are two major camps on this issue, the Traditionalists, and the free-form catch-all crowd.

I lean towards Traditionalism, but my home bar has some distinctly non-traditional items, which I keep because they work in the space or else have some sentimental value. As others have already stated, I don't have any problem with people who want to build a Star Wars cantina in their basement, or a Creature From the Black Lagoon bar, but this forum was created to preserve a very specific incarnation of Mid-century Polynesian Pop culture, and that's primarily what I come here to read about. All that other stuff belongs in Beyond Tiki or Bilge.

I have no wish to live in the 1950s or 1960s. They sucked for large swaths of people, including people like me.

I don't think anyone here is suggesting that those decades didn't have major issues. I grew up the 60s and 70s, and although I had a (mostly) good time, I was well aware of the racial tensions and the Generation Gap. I remember shocking my mother when I was 8 and told her that I opposed the Vietnam War...:-D

My beef is with people who will try to get you kicked off a forum or even contact your employer to try and get you fired, just because you don't affirm their fragile belief system, or refuse to self-flagellate for some real or imaginary transgression. I grew up Catholic, so I've had enough guilt trips imposed on me to last a lifetime.